Islam Afifi

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New York, June 25, 2014--A Suez court sentenced a journalist to three years in prison on Tuesday on charges of inciting and committing violence during protests in April, according to news reports. The move follows harsh prison sentences given to three Al-Jazeera journalists on Monday.

The Al-Dokki Criminal Court on May 28, 2013,
sentenced Islam
Afifi, former editor-in-chief of Al-Dustour newspaper, to a fine of
10,000 Egyptian pounds (US$1,431) after convicting him of libel against Essam al-Eryan, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Eryan filed a complaint against
Afifi after the journalist published a report in June 2012 that alleged that
some leaders in the Muslim Brotherhood had held secret meetings to plan violent
acts in the event that Morsi did not win the presidential elections.

New York, October 25, 2012--An Egyptian appellate court should
strike down the criminal defamation conviction and prison term handed down this
week against a television commentator, the Committee to Protect Journalists said
today.

New York, August 23, 2012--Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi banned pre-trial
detention of journalists charged with press-related offenses today in a decree issued
just hours after a Cairo criminal court jailed an editor pending trial on
charges of insulting the president, according to news reports.

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New York, August 16, 2012--President Mohamed Morsi's government and
allies are pushing back against critical news coverage, suppressing critical
journalists and state-run newspapers, putting a journalist on trial, and
attacking three journalists on the street, according to news reports.